There could not be a worse time for Donald Trump’s pick to take over as chair of the Federal Reserve from Jerome Powell, with economic indicators trending towards a possible interest rate increase at a time when the president expects cuts.That is according to Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugm…
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A CNN fact-checker called out President Donald Trump’s false claims that the presidential elections in 2016, 2020 and 2024 were “rigged” against him in a rant to reporters on Wednesday.Trump was speaking to press at Joint Base Andrews when a reporter asked him if he saw himself in Spencer Pratt, a M…
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon has become the latest symbol of the Trump administration’s chaotic approach to election investigations after sending a records demand to the wrong office in her attempt to investigate Detroit’s 2024 election results.According to…
A woman who was Jeffrey Epstein’s “main girlfriend” for about seven years and has remained silent due to a 2008 plea deal could have to face lawmakers in an investigation, according to a report from The BBC this week.Nadia Marcinko, who was an assistant pilot for the late financier and convicted chi…
The in-studio audience for Tuesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC burst into cheering and raucous applause after the host shared a clip of Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) putting acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in his place earlier in the day.According to Kimmel, it was “perfect.”In the excha…
Two of the most recognizable police officers from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to kill the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” before it can pay out a single dollar to the rioters who beat them.Former Capitol Police Officer Ha…
Jeff Bezos tried Wednesday to thread a needle that’s gotten increasingly hard to thread — insisting he’s no Trump lackey while simultaneously heaping praise on the president — and it showed.In a wide-ranging live interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box from the Blue Origin Rocket Factory in Merritt Island, F…
A Florida man who once ran a notorious “ex-gay” ministry has been arrested in a sting operation for soliciting someone he thought to be a 14-year-old boy.According to WESH, “Alan Chambers, 54, faces charges of solicitation of a minor via computer, transmission of material harmful to minors, and unla…
Former prosecutors who built criminal cases against the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters are sounding the alarm over a Trump administration fund that would compensate people convicted in the attack — including those found guilty of assaulting police officers.The administration has set aside $1.776 billion in …
Citing Donald Trump’s collapsing support, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll, longtime political observer John Heilemann observed on Wednesday morning that Republican Party will not only lose in the November midterms, but it is increasingly looking like they will lose big.Appearing on …